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Guide to Brunswick County North Carolina genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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| County Seat | Bolivia | ||||||||
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Brunswick County North Carolina
P O Box 87
Bolivia, NC 2842-0249
Phone: 910-253-2690
Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death, burial & land records
Clerk Superior Court has divorce recordes from 1900,
probat records from 1858 and court records from 1882[1]
History
Parent County
1764--Brunswick County was created 30 January 1764 from New Hanover and Bladen Counties. County seat: Bolivia [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
1865--Many court records were destroyed by Federal Troops.
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Census
For tips on accessing Brunswick County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.
Church Records
Baptist
Church of England
- St. Philip's Church. Built 1740s. Destroyed in the Revolutionary War.[4]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Shallotte Ward
- Leland Ward
- Ash Branch (Historical)
Court
Genealogy
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:
- Locate publications about direct ancestors
- Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
- Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]
Bibliography
- [Lewis] Lewis, J.D. My Neck of the Woods: The Lewis Families of Southeastern North Carolina and Northeastern South Carolina. Little River, S.C.: J.D. Lewis, 2002. FHL Book 929.273 L585Ljd; CD-ROM no. 1036
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Migration
Early migration routes to and from Brunswick County for European settlers included:[5]
- Atlantic Ocean 1670
- King's Highway about 1704
- Secondary Coast Road late 1730s
Military
Civil War
Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.
Newspapers
Probate
- Pre-1790 - Pre-1790 Brunswick County, North Carolina Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.
- 1764-1963 - Will Books A to D (1764-1963) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
Taxation
Vital Records
Birth
- 1914-1963 - Brunswick County Marriage Books 1-2 Index 1914-1963 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.[6]
Marriage
- Pre-1799 - North Carolina Marriages to 1799, a database, available to members North Carolina Pioneers
- 1804-1974 - Brunswick County Marriage Index 1804-1974 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.[6]
- 1811-1868 - Brunswick County Marriages 1811-1868 North Carolina Pioneers
- 1850-1904 - Brunswick County Marriages from 1850 to 1904 at USGenWeb - free.
Yearbooks
- Brunswick County students at NC colleges - list via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- NCGenWeb: Brunswick County - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
- Family History Library Catalog
- North Carolina Pioneers {http://www.northcarolinapioneers.com North Carolina Pioneers]
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Brunswick County, North Carolina p. 506. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lemuel Burkitt and Jesse Read, A Concise History of the Kehukee Baptist Association: From Its Original Rise Down to 1808 (1808), Chapter 16. Digital version at St Paul's Seminary website; George Washington Paschal, History of North Carolina Baptists, 2 vols. (1930; reprint, Gallatin, Tenn.: Church History Research and Archives, 1990), 1:324-325, 491. FHL Book 975.6 K2p 1990.
- ↑ Lawrence Foushee London and Sarah McCulloh Lemmon, The Episcopal Church in North Carolina, 1701-1959 (Raleigh, N.C.: The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, 1987), 20. FHL Book 975.6 K2e; "St. Philips Church," North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, http://www.ncmarkers.com, accessed 22 October 2012.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 847-61. (FHL Book 973 D27e 2002) WorldCat entry., and William E. Myer, Indian Trails of the Southeast. (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971), 12-14, and the book's pocket map "The Trail System of the Southeastern United States in the early Colonial Period" (1923). (FHL Book 970.1 M992i) WorldCat entry.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/4/4d/Iginorthcarolinaa.pdf.
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